Work Permit Lawyer, Pratum Thani Labour Office

[Satcommlee]

Hello,

I am looking for some recommendations for a lawyer to deal with an British employees Work Permit Application at Pratum Thani Labour office.

We have tried Bangkok firms but they seem disinterested in Pratum Thani, I guess because of the travel and lack of contacts at this office.

So if anyone can recommend a lawyer specifically for Pratum Thani, I would be most grateful, English speaking would be preferred but not absolutley essential.

Any advice would be most appreciated.

[dp4868]

Why not do it yourself..... I got my work permit through the Pathum Thani office a few years ago and found them very helpful. As long as you have all the correct paperwork it is very easy.

[pjbradley]

I know a lawyer who's now working on expanding his busy practice to Pathum Thani by building up some connections there.

I've heard nice things about the PT Labor Office, but I'm in a bizarre situation: my new would-be employer, a university in PT province, is having a problem with that office in getting new WPs for new-hires who already live & work in Thailand.

The Personnel officer, who's a lazy slob and not an immigration specialist, claims that "sometimes" the PT Labor Office has refused to issue new WPs to newly hired instructors unless the instructor's previous job was at another university, as opposed to, say, at a private school like ECC, etc. I've never heard of such nonsense (has anyone else?).

Without trying to get us WPs, the Personnel guy blithely told me and another new hire to "leave the country" and start anew. We refused and have yet to cancel our current visas/WPs.

I suspect the Personnel guy somehow annoyed the Labor bureaucrats, who are taking their revenge and hurting new hires in the process. I'm working with this immigration lawyer to find out what the heck is going on at the office, and then we'll bypass the Personnel guy, tapping him only for paperwork. My new boss is fine with that, as he's planning a raft of new hires in the months ahead and doesn't want them to be forced to leave Thailand over some nonsense, which would reflect badly on him as an employer.

Any comments anyone?

Thanks, Paul

[Satcommlee]

We got it sorted in the end using a firm based in Bangkok (15K baht), I wont go against forum rules and name the firm as it isn't one of their sponsors.

I went along to the labour office also, and they seemed a friendly helpful bunch, and absolutely no hassles.

The officials also visited the new office, and they were also very nice and didn't even hint at tea money.